v0.18.1

Date

April 28, 2024

What’s Changed

Breaking Changes and Deprecations

• Removed deprecated manim new command by @chopan050 in PR #3512

• Removed support for dynamic plugin imports by @Viicos in PR #3524

• Remove meth:.Mobject.wag by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3539

• Remove deprecated parameters and animations by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3688

New Features

• Added cap_style feature to VMobject by @MathItYT in PR #3516

• Allow hiding version splash by @jeertmans in PR #3329

• Added the ability to pass lists and generators to Scene.play() by @MrDiver in PR #3365

• Added --preview_command cli flag by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3615

Fixed Bugs and Enhancements

• Allow accessing ghost vectors in :class:.LinearTransformationScene by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3435

• Optimized get_unit_normal() and replaced np.cross() with custom cross() in manim.utils.space_ops by @chopan050 in PR #3494

• Implement caching of fonts list to improve runtime performance by @MrDiver in PR #3316

• Reformatting the --save_sections output to have the format <Scene>_<SecNum>_<SecName><extension> by @doaamuham in PR #3499

• Account for dtype in the pixel array so the maximum value stays correct in the invert function by @jeertmans in PR #3493

• Added grid_lines attribute to Rectangle to add individual styling to the grid lines by @RobinPH in PR #3428

• Fixed rectangle grid properties (#3082) by @pauluhlenbruck in PR #3513

• Fixed animations with zero runtime length to give a useful error instead of a broken pipe by @MrDiver in PR #3491

• Fixed stroke width being ignored by StreamLines with a single color by @yashm277 in PR #3436

• Fixed formatting of MoveAlongPath docs by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3541

• Added helpful hints to VGroup.add() error message by @vvolhejn in PR #3561

• Made earclip_triangulation more robust by @hydromelvictor in PR #3574

• Refactored TexTemplate by @Viicos in PR #3520

• Fixed write_subcaption_file error when using OpenGL renderer by @yuan-xy in PR #3546

• Fixed get_arc_center() returning reference of point by @sparshg in PR #3599

• Improved handling of specified font name by @staghado in PR #3429

• Fixing the behavior of .become to not modify target mobject via side effects fix color linking by @MrDiver in PR #3508

• Fixed bug in :class:.VMobjectFromSVGPath by @abul4fia in PR #3677

• Fix for windows cp1252 encoding failure (fix test pipeline) by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3687

• Fix NameError in try… except by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3694

• Fix successive calls of :meth:.LinearTransformationScene.apply_matrix by @SirJamesClarkMaxwell in PR #3675

• Fixed Mobject.put_start_and_end_on with same start and end point by @MontroyJosh in PR #3718

• Fixed issue where SpiralIn doesn’t show elements by @Gixtox in PR #3589

• Cleaned Graph layouts and increase flexibility by @Nikhil-42 in PR #3434

• AnimationGroup: optimized interpolate() and fixed alpha bug on finish() by @chopan050 in PR #3542

• Fixed warning about missing plugin "" by @behackl in PR #3734

Documentation

• Typo in indication documentation by @jcep in PR #3477

• Fixed typo: 360° to 180° in quickstart tutorial by @szchixy in PR #3498

• Fixed typo in mobject docstring: line -> square by @yuan-xy in PR #3509

• Explain .Transform vs .ReplacementTransform in quickstart examples by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3500

• Fixed formatting in building blocks tutorial by @MrDiver in PR #3515

• Fixed Indicate docstring typo by @Lawqup in PR #3461

• Added Documentation to .to_edge and to_corner by @TheMathematicFanatic in PR #3408

• Added some words about Cairo 1.18 by @jeertmans in PR #3530

• Fixed typo of get_y_axis_label parameter documentation by @yuan-xy in PR #3547

• Added note in docstring of ManimColor about class constructors by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3554

• Improve documentation section about contributing to docs by @chopan050 in PR #3555

• Removed duplicated documentation for -s / –save_last_frame CLI flag by @Gixtox in PR #3528

• Updated Docker instructions to use bash from the PATH by @NotWearingPants in PR #3582

• Fixed typo in value_tracker.py by @yuan-xy in PR #3594

• Added ref_class for BooleanOperations in Example Gallery by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3598

• Changed Vector3 to Vector3D in contributing docs by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3639

• Added some examples for Mobject/VMobject methods by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3641

• Fixed broken link to Poetry’s installation guide in the documentation by @biinnnggggg in PR #3692

• Fixed minor grammatical errors found in the index page of the documentation by @biinnnggggg in PR #3690

• Fixed typo on page about translations by @biinnnggggg in PR #3696

• Fixed outdated description of CLI option in Manim’s Output Settings by @HairlessVillager in PR #3674

• Mention pixi in installation guide by @pavelzw in PR #3678

• Updated typing guidelines by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3704

• Updated documentation and typings for ParametricFunction by @danielzsh in PR #3703

• Fixed docstring markup in Rotate by @TheCrowned in PR #3721

• Improve consistency in axis label example by @amrear in PR #3730

Maintenance and Testing

• Fixed wrong path in action building downloadable docs by @behackl in PR #3450

• Add type hints to _config by @Viicos in PR #3440

• Update dependency constraints, fix deprecation warnings by @Viicos in PR #3376

• Update Docker base image to python3.12-slim (#3458) by @PikaBlue107 in PR #3459

• Fixed line_join to joint_type in example_scenes/basic.py by @szchixy in PR #3510

• Fixed :attr:.Mobject.animate type-hint to allow LSP autocomplete by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3543

• Finish TODO’s in contributing/typings.rst by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3545

• Fixed use of Mobject’s deprecated get_*() and set_*() methods in Cairo tests by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3549

• Added support for Manim type aliases in Sphinx docs and added new TypeAliases by @chopan050 in PR #3484

• Fixed typing of Animation by @dandavison in PR #3568

• Added some TODOs for future use of ManimFrame by @chopan050 in PR #3553

• Fixed typehint of :attr:InternalPoint2D_Array by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3592

• Fixed error in Windows CI pipeline by @behackl in PR #3611

• Fixed type hint of indication.py by @yuan-xy in PR #3613

• Revert vector type aliases to NumPy ndarrays by @chopan050 in PR #3595

• Run poetry lock --no-update by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3621

• Code Cleanup: removing unused imports and global variables by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3620

• Fixed type hint of Vector direction parameter by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3640

• Flake8 rule C901 is about McCabe code complexity by @cclauss in PR #3673

• Updated year in license by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3689

• Automated copyright updating for docs by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3708

• Fixed some typehints in mobject.py by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3668

• Search for type aliases if TYPE_CHECKING by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3671

• Follow-up to graph layout cleanup: improvements for tests and typing by @behackl in PR #3728

• GH Actions: Changed from macos-latest to macos-13 by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3729

• Fixed return type inconsistency for get_anchors() by @JinchuLi2002 in PR #3214

• Prepared new release: v0.18.1 by @behackl in PR #3719

Dependency Version Changes

• Bump jupyter-server from 2.9.1 to 2.11.2 by @dependabot in PR #3497

• Bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in PR #3567

• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in PR #3566

• Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in PR #3565

• updated several packages (pillow, jupyterlab, notebook, jupyterlab-lsp, jinja2, gitpython) by @behackl in PR #3593

• Update jupyter.rst by @abul4fia in PR #3630

• Bump black from 23.12.1 to 24.3.0 by @dependabot in PR #3649

• Bump cryptography from 42.0.0 to 42.0.4 by @dependabot in PR #3629

• Bump actions/cache from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in PR #3607

• Bump FedericoCarboni/setup-ffmpeg from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in PR #3608

• Bump ssciwr/setup-mesa-dist-win from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in PR #3609

• Bump idna from 3.6 to 3.7 by @dependabot in PR #3693

• Bump pillow from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 by @dependabot in PR #3672

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in PR #3332

• Updated sphinx deps by @JasonGrace2282 in PR #3720

New Contributors

• @Lawqup made their first contribution in PR #3461

• @jcep made their first contribution in PR #3477

• @szchixy made their first contribution in PR #3498

• @PikaBlue107 made their first contribution in PR #3459

• @yuan-xy made their first contribution in PR #3509

• @MathItYT made their first contribution in PR #3516

• @doaamuham made their first contribution in PR #3499

• @RobinPH made their first contribution in PR #3428

• @pauluhlenbruck made their first contribution in PR #3513

• @yashm277 made their first contribution in PR #3436

• @TheMathematicFanatic made their first contribution in PR #3408

• @vvolhejn made their first contribution in PR #3561

• @hydromelvictor made their first contribution in PR #3574

• @dandavison made their first contribution in PR #3568

• @Gixtox made their first contribution in PR #3528

• @staghado made their first contribution in PR #3429

• @biinnnggggg made their first contribution in PR #3692

• @HairlessVillager made their first contribution in PR #3674

• @SirJamesClarkMaxwell made their first contribution in PR #3675

• @danielzsh made their first contribution in PR #3703

• @TheCrowned made their first contribution in PR #3721

• @MontroyJosh made their first contribution in PR #3718

• @amrear made their first contribution in PR #3730

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/compare/v0.18.0.post0…v0.18.1